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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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TimesLive: Fears over handwashing in Africa to stem coronavirus seen as trigger for change
IWMI23.03.20-
Health
“In the water sector we always say 'Don't waste a good crisis'," said Inga Jacobs-Mata,…
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Collaborating for a shared future: Negotiating landscape change in Zambia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)23.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Zambia - It is early afternoon in Choma, the capital of the Southern Province of…
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News Trust: Fears over handwashing in Africa to stem coronavirus seen as trigger for change
IWMI22.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Aid workers and advisors said countries should seize the moment ahead of World Water Day…
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New study explores the benefits of a One Health approach to investigating antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)22.03.20-
Health
In Vietnam, antimicrobial resistance in animal and human health settings poses a significant threat,…
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Natural forest regeneration: A good choice for biodiversity
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)21.03.20-
Biodiversity
Forests are full of surprises. Parts of the Amazon, Panama’s Darien and many other places…
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SMART WATER MANAGEMENT – HOW A DROP OF DATA GOES A LONG WAY
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)21.03.20The effects of ever-strengthening climate change are felt most keenly in the dry areas of…
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Crowdsourced data feeds fall armyworm surveillance in Bangladesh
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)20.03.20-
Food security
Following the spread of fall armyworm, crowdsourced data is powering a web-based application to he…
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Systems thinking at work in South Asia’s food production
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In 2009, state governments in Northwest India implemented a policy designed to reduce groundwater ex…
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The role of agroforestry in forest restoration
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)20.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP) was launched in 201…
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How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)20.03.20-
Food security
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Health
In a recent blog post, we analyzed how the spread of the disease associated with the…
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Economist Intelligence Unit: As the world’s philanthropists boost climate funding, let’s make water a priority
IWMI20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, argues that our efforts to mitigate the impacts of…
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2020 the Year of #Water4Climate
IWMI20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change – and how the…
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COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us
IWMI20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most…
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An Alliance for Trees: Why forest biodiversity is "too precious to lose"
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)20.03.20From forest fires to COVID-19, this year has already presented grave challenges to human and planet…
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Nutrition, gender and breeding modernization: Focal points of West and Central Africa research agenda
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)20.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The spotlight was on biofortification, gender equity and breeding program modernization at the recen…
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Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa
IWMI20.03.20-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art…
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Five (or six) solutions for saving the world’s forests and restoring landscapes
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)20.03.20We’ve heard a lot about ambitious tree planting initiatives in recent months. Laudable as these…
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Training and low-cost tech cut aflatoxin by 53 per cent
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)19.03.20-
Health
Aflatoxin exposure threatens food security throughout the developing world. Training and low-cost te…
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